PSN Weekly: Week of 11/7/2016

Tuesday, November 8th, 2016

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Special Mentions For Our Audience

Cartoon Network Battle Crashers – PS4 Digital, Retail

I have a deep lasting love for sidescrolling brawlers. That love started with Double Dragon and continued through Final Fight and beyond. While I don’t like all these Cartoon Network characters, I love some of them, so this might be a great time sink.

Dishonored 2 – PS4 Digital, Retail (Out 11/11)

I normally do not feature the mega popular titles on here, because our audience normally is into the niche, the indie, and the Japanese games. But for a major action-rpg that is certainly an exception. The first game in the series wove in a bit of that Bioshock style into a bit more open world design with more playstyle options and some Lovecraftian influence.

My Name is Mayo – PS4, PS Vita Digital (Cross-buy)

WTF… I don’t even know what to say about this one.

Root Letter – PS4, PS Vita Digital, Retail (Out 11/10)

This visual novel is part of the Kadokawa Game Mystery series. I have not played any previous title in the series, but this one looks to have very high production quality and design. This is definitely one to keep an eye on, especially if it opens up some new avenues for this genre to the console market.

Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization – PS4 Digital, Retail

There is no question that this game is the highlight of the release week for most of our audience. I would expect to see a review of this one come up fairly quickly. There are a lot of SAO fans around here, including myself.

Xenoraid – PS4 Digital

Speaking of genres that I will always love, here comes a virticle space shooter. While the genre is slowly appearing on the PS4, this one stands out with its very interesting art style.

Born in the 1970's, I've been an avid participant for much of video game history. A lifetime of being the sort of supergeek entrenched in the sciences and mathematics has not curbed my appreciation for the artistry of video games, cinema, and especially literature.